Minor injuries to pair after car lands in ditch
Emergency services respond to a car that crashed into a ditch yesterday.
Dunedin
Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target
Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target
Deerstalkers are being urged to be 100% sure of their targets when they head into the hills for the roar this year.
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New Kainga Ora houses make ‘place look loved again’
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New Kainga Ora houses make ‘place look loved again’
New Kāinga Ora housing developments in Mosgiel are bringing vitality back to what have been described as some tired-looking streets, making them ‘‘look loved’’ again.
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Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour
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Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour
Some people have been put off eating what used to be their favourite food after getting a bad dose of food poisoning from it.
Tuna return to South Dunedin
Tuna return to South Dunedin
A Dunedin artist has paid tribute to South Dunedin’s traditional name and historical estuary in a new mural.
A ship came up the harbour
A ship came up the harbour
Container ship Maersk Rio Delta passes Careys Bay as it makes its way up Otago Harbour yesterday morning.
Fund open for applications, $919k allotted
Fund open for applications, $919k allotted
Otago's contestable fund for environmental projects across the region opened last week for applications.
Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured
Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured
A person was taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling off a 2.5m sea wall in Macandrew Bay.
Long weekend, longer bubble
Long weekend, longer bubble
Dunedin cousins Florence Stockwell, 3, and Gus Stasso, 1, lap up a long weekend together with family at Pounawea.
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Ong nominates himself for NZME board
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Ong nominates himself for NZME board
Embattled Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong is looking to expand his governance portfolio, nominating himself to become a director on the board of media company NZME.
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$123k paid to chair’s company
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$123k paid to chair’s company
Te Kāika paid $123,000 into a private company 100% owned by its chairwoman, the under-investigation charity’s accounts reveal.
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Firefighting contest tests skill, speed
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Firefighting contest tests skill, speed
With nine volunteer fire brigades running around a Dunedin park, the city may have been the safest place to be over the weekend.
Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’
Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’
Kazbah Studio dancers (from left) Sylvia Edge, Stefanie Kalmakof and Amanda Kennedy perform at the 2026 Race Relations Day event at the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum on Saturday.
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All aboard knitting, chatting
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All aboard knitting, chatting
Plenty of yarns were spun when almost 200 knitters clambered into five train carriages destined for Oamaru at the weekend.
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Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni
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Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni
The University of Otago is not planning to build weapons as part of any partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), it says.
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Crowds flock to Strath Taieri for 122nd A&P show
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Crowds flock to Strath Taieri for 122nd A&P show
It was no Wānaka, but Strath Taieri’s A&P Show capped off a busy month demonstrating the best of the community, an organiser says.
‘I want to thank the audiences for being so brave’
‘I want to thank the audiences for being so brave’
Audience participation was the order of the day at this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival which wrapped up last night, after 91 events over the past fortnight.
Eid celebration marks Pakistan societies’ merger
Eid celebration marks Pakistan societies’ merger
Two separate Pakistan societies have become one in an effort to connect the entire community together.
Jailed for ‘persistent’ underage sex
Jailed for ‘persistent’ underage sex
A Southland man who claimed sex with an underage girl was a case of ‘‘mutual attraction’’ has been jailed for more than two years.
Cruise ship protest catches fishers’ attention
Cruise ship protest catches fishers’ attention
People fishing off Warren Lewis fishing jetty in Port Chalmers watch a demonstration by Climate Liberation Aotearoa supporters.